An Inflection Point for Health Information Exchange in New York

Health information exchange (HIE) is already an indispensable part of the healthcare infrastructure in New York. But HIE will become even more important as technological and policy developments expand the ways in which health data and information can be integrated and used to improve access to and quality of healthcare services and control healthcare costs. Progress has been made over the years, but much remains to be done in expanding the types of clinical and related information included in New York’s healthcare information infrastructure, promoting the interoperability of disparate data systems, which depends on the consistency and standardization of data, and aligning New York’s information infrastructure with the goals of the evolving federal landscape. This is the third in a series of papers by the Step Two Policy Project discussing aspects of health data and information. In our Policy Brief titled Democratization of Data, Information, and Policy Analysis, we discussed how other

Health information exchange (HIE) is already an indispensable part of the healthcare infrastructure in New York. But HIE will become even more important as technological and policy developments expand the ways in which health data and information can be integrated and used to improve access to and quality of healthcare services and control healthcare costs. Progress has been made over the years, but much remains to be done in expanding the types of clinical and related information included in New York’s healthcare information infrastructure, promoting the interoperability of disparate data sys